[whatwg] scripts that remove focus from links during document navigation

[Lachlan Hunt]

Hallvord R M Steen wrote:
> Opera has a serious usability problem for keyboard- and device-users when
> pages do the following:
> 
> <a href="" onfocus="this.blur()">
> 
> We need some prose in a spec that allows a user agent to ignore blur() for
> accessibility reasons...
> 
> I'm not sure what spec to put it in, and we've also discussed possible
> collateral damage if sites use this in legitimate ways. Thoughts?

What legitimate use cases are there for blur()?  I've never used it, 
I've never never seen it used in a way that hasn't forced me to disable 
script to workaround it, and my searches only found explanations of how 
to use it, not why or when to use it.

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Lachlan Hunt
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